William williams



(No Model.)

W. WILLIAMS.

COLLAR PAD PASTENER.

No. 451,965. Patented May 12,1891.

wi/h mooao 514111244106 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM WILLIAMS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN G. MENDENHALL, OF SAME PLACE.

COLLAR-PAD FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,965, dated May 12, 1891.

Application filed June 26, 1890. Serial No. 356,912. (No model.)

To aZ Z whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and use-. -ful Improvements in Collar-Pad Fasteners;

and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts.

Myinventionrelates to improvements in the construction of fasteners for collar-pads, and zvill be understood from the following descrip- In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pad with my device attached. Fig. 2 is a section through the collar-pad, showing the fastener clasped over the fore roll of the collar. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the fastener.

In detail, 19 represents the pad made of canvas stuffed and stitched in rows designed to encompass a horses neck and form a soft bearing or support for the harness-collar c. The fastener is riveted directly to the pad and fastened to a leather hinging-strap-h, which forms a rear extension of the fastener, the latter comprising a spring-loop 5, having a bend 1) near the rear end for entering the inside groove of the collar when the spring-loop clasps the fore roll, as shown in Fig. 2, and this construction of the spring constitutes the essential feature of my invention. This bend thus entering the inside groove of the collar prevents the spring-loop s from slipping off or to one side, as it fits closely in the inside groove, and the spring itself clasping the fore roll of the collar and its outer end fitting down into the outside groove of the collar, while the handle-strap h is held in place by the hame, and when thus constructed the loop makes a snug fit and will not slip off or to one side.

In the drawings I have shown a leather strap forming a handle and hinge part connected by rivets in ofisets formed in the spring; but I do not claim this part of the device as my invention, for I am aware that it is the subj ect-matter of an application filed contemporaneously herewith by John 0. Mendenhall, and my improvement is entirely in dependent from any particular method of fastening the leather extensions to the spring.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

1. In a collar-pad fastener, a loopspring 8, having a forwardly-proj ecting bend at or near its inner end for entering the groove of the collar, substantially as shown and described. 2. A collar-pad fastener comprising a spring-loop 8, having a forwardly-projecting 

